Elk Mound Schools
Elk Mound boys hold off Colfax in basketball showdown
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — It always seems to be a more exciting game when two rival schools play each other. Just ask anyone from Colfax and Elk Mound. The latest installment of the decades-long rivalry between the Mounders and Vikings played out on the basketball court at Elk Mound High School January…
Read MoreElk Mound’s Lew and Schreiber honored at Sentry Holiday Classic
By Cara L. Dempski STEVENS POINT — Elk Mound senior basketball players Dane Lew and Chandler Schreiber were honored with two different awards after the Sentry Holiday Classic tournament held at UW – Stevens Point the week of December 26.
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound School Lunch Menus – 1-11-2017
Colfax-Elk Mound School Lunch Menus – 1-11-2017
Read MoreElk Mound girls’ basketball loses to Marathon, beats Regis
By Cara L. Dempski MARATHON — The Elk Mound girls’ basketball team had only one loss on its 2016-17 record when it traveled to Marathon last week to participate in the Marathon Holiday Invitational. That changed when the host Red Raiders handed the Mounders their second setback of the season, 41-38, on December 28.
Read MoreElk Mound boys lose one, win one at Sentry Classic
By Cara L. Dempski STEVENS POINT — The Elk Mound boys basketball team had a break of nearly two weeks. A lengthy respite that new Mounders’ head coach, Mike Kessler, hoped it would help the team recharge and refocus for the rest of the season. The Mounders traveled to the UW – Stevens Point’s Quandt…
Read MoreEM school board hears presentation on demographic study
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school board heard a presentation on a recent demographic study completed by the UW – Madison Applied Population Laboratory at its most recent meeting. Sarah Kemp, a school enrollment projections researcher with the APL, spoke to the assembled board and administration during the December 19…
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound School Lunch Menus – 12-28-2016
Colfax-Elk Mound School Lunch Menus – 12-28-2016
Read MoreElk Mound letter winners take time to help others for Christmas
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Members of the Elk Mound High School “E Club,” comprised of students who have earned a varsity letter, learned a valuable lesson about giving back the week before Christmas. Club members went to a local Walmart, along with advisor David Lew, on December 20 to make good use…
Read MoreWinter weather wreaks havoc on sports schedules
The winter storm that blanketed the area with several inches last Friday and Saturday, December 16 and 17, and left subzero temperatures in its wake, caused the postponement or cancellation of several high school and middle school extra-curriculars and sporting contests. Most of the basketball games and wrestling matches that had been slated for Dunn-St.…
Read MoreEM girls basketball blasts Bulldogs, move into second-place tie in D-SC
By Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — The Elk Mound girls’ basketball team hit the road for a key conference match-up in Boyceville just five days after losing their first game and first Dunn-St. Croix contest to Durand.
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